指纹

指紋
zhǐwén
  1. fingerprint
  2. the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers

CEDICT

  1. fingerprint (Classifier: 枚)
  2. loops and whorls on a finger

Wiktionary

人手指尖内侧表面的凸纹。自出生即已定形，成长时虽纹痕变粗，纹距加大，然其形态特徵，至死不变；且其纹路人各不同，与物相触又会留下痕迹，故可作为犯罪鑑识的重要依据。

重編國語辭典

  1. 人类或灵长目动物指尖上的自然嵴状纹路
  2. 这些纹路在物体上印下的印痕

維基詞典

Examples

指纹都是独特的。

Fingerprints are unique.

Source: Tatoeba

警察找到指纹了吗？

Did the police find any fingerprints?

Source: Tatoeba

你的指纹怎麽会在这个玻璃杯上?

How come your fingerprints are on this glass?

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆小心翼翼地把刀子上的指纹擦掉。

Tom carefully wiped his fingerprints off the knife.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 指 zhǐ
  1. finger
  2. to point at or to
  3. to indicate or refer to
  4. to depend on
  5. to count on
  6. (of hair) to stand on end
2 纹 wén
  1. line
  2. trace
  3. mark
  4. pattern
  5. grain (of wood etc)

Related entries

指印 zhǐyìn
  1. fingerprint
  2. finger mark
  3. thumbprint
指摹 zhǐmó
  1. fingerprint
  2. thumbprint
  3. also written 指模 zhǐmó
指模 zhǐmó
  1. fingerprint
  2. thumbprint
  3. also written 指摹 zhǐmó
脶 luó fingerprint